Hunky Dory

2011

UK

109 min

15

Directed by: Marc Evans

Written by: Laurence Coriat

Cast: Minnie Driver, Aneurin Barnard, Danielle Branch

UK release: 2 March 2012

Funny and gently moving tale set in 70s Wales, about a free-spirited drama teacher (Driver) determined to put on a musical version of The Tempest. There's at least one sub-plot too many, but the period music is impeccably played and intelligently used; audiences willing to suspend disbelief will be swept up.

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Musical drama set amid teenage life in 1970s rural Wales

(15) 110min
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